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To see the full review at the Visual Parables site, click onto the title of the films that are underlined. Love and Mercy Rated PG-13. Psalm 103:2-5; Jude 1:2. Whether or not you are a fan of Brian Williams and The Beach Boys, this unusual biographical film has plenty of drama and Biblical resonance that …
Forbidden to dance, an Iranian student longing for freedom forms a secret dance company. Unable to perform in Tehran, he invites fellow students into the desert, but there will be trouble ahead.
To see longer reviews with the Scripture texts, click onto the film title. Metalhead Rated R. Psalm 139: 7-12; Matthew 11:28. This Icelandic film is an uplifting Good Friday-Easter themed film about a farm family unable to let go of their grief when their teenaged son dies in a tractor accident. His sister Hera takes …
Grieving the death of her brother, Hera takes his guitar & all to become a metalhead, often acting out her anger inappropriately. Peace comes to her through an unconventional pastor & her mother, who has just let go of her own grief.
A selfish radio jock sets into motion a mass killing & meets the crazed husband of a victim who now thinks he is a knight on a quest for the Holy Grail. Seeking atonement, the ex-jock sets out to help the “knight.”
It was a gala night at the Oscars, with my favorite 12 Years a Slave selected as “Best Picture.” I had hoped that Steve McQueen would have been chosen as Best Director because it would have become a milestone as the first African American director to be entered into this legendary circle. But giving this …
When Daniel,an actor in Montreal, is hired by a priest to revise a tired old Passion Play, he uses modern scholarship to come up with a version that upsets and exposes the hypocrisy of the priest.
On Cable Zorba the Greek I am placing this film capsule first because of the time constraint. Turner Classic Films will air this, one of the great films of the 20th century, on Saturday afternoon (3:30 EST), Jan. 11. Perhaps Anthony Quinn’s greatest role, Zorba expresses both the joy and the pain of life through …
Rated PG-13. Our ratings: V-0 ; L-3 ; S-4/N-0 . Running time: 1 hour 33 min. ”…let the field exult, and everything in it. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy.” Psalm 96.12 …
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Rated PG. Our ratings: V -2; L -4; S/N -5. Running time: 1 hour 43 min. A partial spoiler in the last paragraph of the review. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:18 You …